NK Threatens To Cancel Trump Summit Over Military Drills

posted by Kimberly and Beck Show -

May 15, 2018

North Korea abruptly announced that it is pulling out of a planned meeting with South Korean officials because of on-going military drills between the United States and South Korea. According toYonhap News, North Korea said that the "Max Thunder drills between the South Korean and U.S. air forces are a rehearsal for invasion of the North and a provocation amid warming inter-Korean ties."

"This exercise targeting us, which is being carried out across South Korea, is a flagrant challenge to the Panmunjom Declaration and an intentional military provocation running counter to the positive political development on the Korean Peninsula.

The United States will also have to undertake careful deliberations about the fate of the planned North Korea-U.S. summit in light of this provocative military ruckus jointly conducted with the South Korean authorities."

The cancelation of the summit between the two countries puts the upcoming meeting between PresidentDonald Trump and North Korean leaderKim Jong Un in jeopardy. The two leaders are planning to meet on June 12th in Singapore.